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The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1

Note 636 — CXLVIII (A IV, 17 AND PARTS OF 16)

Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation

He means that Atticus—as a lender of money—would be glad of anything that kept the rate of interest up (see p. 286). He is, of course, joking.

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